Large-eddy simulation of a mildly curved open-channel flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 630, Issue , 2009, Pages 413-442

  Van Balen, W ^a   Uijttewaal, W S J ^a   Blanckaert, K ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SECONDARY FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WALL FLOW;

BED SHEAR STRESSS; BICELLULAR PATTERNS; CENTRIFUGAL EFFECT; SUB-GRID SCALE MODELS; TURBULENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TURBULENCE STRESS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VALIDATION WITH EXPERIMENTAL DATA;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; FLUME EXPERIMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; ROTATING FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 67651034249     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009007277     Document Type: Article

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